Texting and driving -- fail

Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Actor Reinaldo Zavarce tries texting and driving on a simulator at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA, part of a nationwide "It Can Wait" campaign sponsored by wireless carriers including AT&T. The goal is to get people to take the pledge not to text and drive. New York is amping up its campaign with highway signs telling drivers where they can pull off the road to text.

Actor Reinaldo Zavarce tries texting and driving on a simulator at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA, part of a nationwide "It Can Wait" campaign sponsored by wireless carriers including AT&T. The goal is to get people to take the pledge not to text and drive. New York is amping up its campaign with highway signs telling drivers where they can pull off the road to text. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Reinaldo Zavarce tries texting and driving on a simulator at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA, part of a nationwide "It Can Wait" campaign sponsored by wireless carriers including AT&T. The goal is to get people to take the pledge not to text and drive. New York is amping up its campaign with highway signs telling drivers where they can pull off the road to text.